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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Lifestyle
Harriet Bullough

Woman diagnosed with breast cancer thanks to Facebook post

A woman who was diagnosed with breast cancer thanks to a friend’s Facebook post has credited her recovery to a group of strangers around the world who helped her through sleepless nights and gruelling chemotherapy treatment.

Globetrotter Fiona Kane, 56, a former analyst from Richmond in London, found a lump on her breast in January 2020 thanks to a neighbour’s Facebook post urging their friends to check their breasts.

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